Let’s not judge Taylor and Matty – rebound relationships aren’t always doomed

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Indeed, rebound relationships are almost always conceptually framed in the past tense: we rarely cast such language upon new romances in the moment – such as Swift’s current rumoured dalliance with The 1975’s Matty Healy – but back across the ones we’ve long since written off as interludes, a liminal space in the great love story of our lives. I know I was still mourning, and feeling emotionally and sexually excited about something new just felt like I was doing something wrong or perverse “Within two weeks of getting together, we’d already booked an expensive foreign holiday together, and were making plans for our anniversary the following year,” she tells me over the phone. “I was just completely lost.” open image in gallery Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor were each other’s ‘rebounds’ when they met in 1999, and they remain together today Chiara met Tara only a few weeks after her partner’s death, at a book club she had rejoined in a bid to get out of the house for an hour or two a week. Chiara says one of the primary emotions early on was guilt: “I knew straight away that I fancied Tara, but I just kept feeling like, ‘Is this a betrayal?’ I know I was still mourning, and feeling emotionally and kind of sexually excited about something new just felt like I was doing something wrong or perverse.” A lot of the physical intimacy came later, something Chiara somewhat regrets now – but she still classifies the relationship as an emotional rebound.